Zhao Ting won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. What are the basic conditions for becoming a director?

Taking Mr Spielberg and Mr John Woo as examples, I think the basic conditions for becoming a director are as follows:

First, insight into the script.

Both directors have very classic war films, Saving Private Ryan directed by Spielberg 1998 and Whisperwind directed by John Woo in 2002. Anyone who has seen them will be amazed at these two films. One is based on the Normandy landing, and the other is based on the capture of Guadalcanal Island in the Pacific Ocean by American troops. The scene is hot, the characters are delicate, and the expression intention is very strong. However, the box office effect is quite different. Whisperwind invested 200 million dollars, but only recovered 70 million dollars, which brought financial crisis to the producer MGM. What is the reason? Perhaps the most important point is the choice of script. Whisperwind focuses on the fate of Indian soldiers, while Saving Private Ryan focuses on the humanistic feelings of American countries. A sensitive topic that touches the American race, and a telling? America, right? In this way, the main theme was chosen by the American audience. In fact, in the United States, film production is a production center system, and the director has almost no say, but Mr. Wu Can refuses to shoot. This led to Mr. Wu's reputation as a slap in the face/off and Mission Impossible 2. What about Spielberg's choice of script? There are also many shortcomings, such as "War Horse" is a film interpretation of Nordic puppet show, and the box office is not ideal.

Second, the audience's preference for shooting is predictable.

This is actually what producers should consider, but the director also has the right to decide whether to be a director or not, and can refuse. Whisperwind, Avatar and even revenant are unfair to American Indians, but why are they treated differently? Why doesn't Avatar pursue national feelings? This is because of the emotional problems of the audience. The Whisperwind is a film in 2002, and the American audience has not yet learned from it. 9 1 1? Coming out of the shadow of terrorist attacks, there is a complex of resisting India, and Mr. John Woo is also an American minority; Avatar was in 2009, and fistful of dollars starring Xiao Li's brother was in 20 15. The American audience has come out of the haze and the box office is different.

Third, the choice of actors and photographers.

The director's expression of the intention of the film, the expression of the main characters and the photographer's lens expression are all extremely important. Saving Private Ryan, starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, whisperer Nicolas Cage and Xiao Li's brother, is the peak of their performance, and they all accurately express the director's intention. Actors are well paid, but they do choose the right people.

So I think a director should choose a good script, make the audience like it, and shoot the script well, which are indispensable.